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Chief economist update: The do-nothing Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
... course of the virus, including progress on vaccinations. The ongoing public health crisis continues to weigh on economic activity, employment, and inflation, and poses considerable risks to the economic outlook". Not only that, the recent spike in US ...

Stimulus, ERS boost financial comfort

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... report said. "Moreover, notwithstanding the easing of domestic COVID-19 restrictions and the continued rebound in economic activity over the past six months, the comfort of some households - especially those with low comfort - has begun to fall as financial ...

Chief economist update: Amber alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
... coronavirus infections across the globe have been easing plus, there's the vaccine roll-out; US and international economic activity has rebounded from the deep freeze of 2020; there's easy from the Fed and more money coming from US President ...

Chief economist update: Red metal turning red hot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
... goods to construction to solar panels, etc. - makes it a good contemporaneous (if not a leading) indicator of economic activity. Hence, the moniker Doctor Copper. China's - the world's biggest copper importer -- early return to growth in 2020 may have ...

Chief economist update: Nikkei not so fine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
... planet earth knows by now what this means - social restrictions, business closures, etc. that in effect, freezes economic activity. More so now that the directive was given more teeth after the Diet - Japan's Parliament - enacted laws introducing ...

Chief economist update: Taper talks are premature

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... rate of unemployment is closer to 10%, also saying: "The ongoing public health crisis continues to weigh on economic activity, employment, and inflation, and poses considerable risks to the economic outlook." A rational enough rationale for Powell to ...

Chief economist update: Prepare for lift off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
... problems with vaccine distribution, and uncertainty about take-up" of the vaccine. The forecast upturn in global economic activity would underpin stronger trade. The IMF predicts world trade volumes to surge from a 9.1% drop in 2020 to growth of 8.0% ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore is hot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... prompted authorities to impose restrictions and lockdown measures to stem the spread of the virus, could again slow economic activity, as it did in the first quarter of last year. As at 13 January 2021, China's National Health Commission (NHC) reported ...

Chief economist update: China on my mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021
... has had to navigate through last year. Fiscal and monetary support provided a parachute to falling domestic economic activity so much so the Treasury upgraded its 2020-21 GDP growth forecast to an expansion of 0.75% (MYEFO) from a contraction of 1.5% ...

Chief economist update: Fed acts with inaction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... measures taken to control the spread of COVID-19. "The ongoing public health crisis will continue to weigh on economic activity, employment, and inflation in the near term, and poses considerable risks to the economic outlook over the medium term," the ...